Craft of the Month: Pumpkin Seed Halloween Art

Supplies:

Paper

Glue

Craft paint (orange, black and green if you’re making a jack-o-lantern)

Kitchen foil or newspaper to paint the seeds on

Paint brushes

Roasted pumpkin seeds

Note: To roast your pumpkin seeds: remove the seeds and rinse off any pumpkin pulp. Cover a baking sheet with foil and spread the seeds over the sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes until dried. Allow to cool completely before using for this craft project.

Instructions

Choose your Halloween picture. Will you create a jack-o-lantern, a ghost, a skeleton?

Place the roasted pumpkin seeds on the foil and paint enough seeds in the correct colors. For example, if you choose to create a jack-o-lantern pumpkin you will need a lot of orange seeds, and a few black and green.

Allow the paint to dry for about 30 minutes. While the seeds dry you can sketch out your art on the paper with a pencil.

Paint over the design lightly with glue and begin placing the painted seeds to fill it in.